U.s. Citizen In Custody

May 24, 1985

TIJUANA, MEXICO — William Henderson Richards is being held for investigation of murder after a gunbattle left a Mexican police officer dead. Ramon Cota Serna was shot in the head Monday as he and another agent attempted to serve Richards with a summons, said David Bolanos Camara, commander of the judicial police office in Tijuana. Richards, 63, who moved to Tijuana about a year ago from Los Angeles, was wounded in the leg. The summons: An eviction action. Richards was behind in his rent.